Dispensing cabinet



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Patented Mar. 3, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE lTOHN A. FROST, OF CARTHAGE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL PAPER PRODUCTS COMIlANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA DISPENSING CABINET Application filed October 31, 1928. Serial No. 316,134.

My present invention relates to dispensing cabinets and more particularly .to a metallic cabinet for the dispensing of paper towels and the like.

5 The object of my invention is to provide a cabinet for paper towels and the like which will possess manyaiew and novel features not heretofore provided in cabinets of this type. a i

For better understanding of my invention, reference should be had to the following description taken in connection with the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cabinet with the cover in its open position,

Figure 2 is a similar view of my cabinet with the cover in its closed position,

Figure 3 is a sectional view in elevation o taken through the center of my cabinet, and

Figures 4 and 5 are fragmentary views showing certain details.

In the art to which my invention appertains, various types of covers have been provided for closing such containers. In some instances the cover has been hinged along the lower edge of the cabinet and a lock provided along the upper edge. Cabinets having covers hinged in this manner are open to the i objection that unless the cover is locked it will not remain closed and since it often happens that these cabinets are jimmied so as to ruin the effectiveness of the lock, the cabinets then become useless as it is impossible to maintain the cover closed without a proper lock.

Other cabinets have been provided with the cover hinged along the upper edge and with a lock which engages the lower edge. Cabinets of this type have been open to the objection that they cannot be conveniently loaded or filled. This is because the covermust be held up in the open position by the operator while he is filling the same. This makes the filling operation difiicult because the paper articles are more or less flimsy and are supplied in bundles which substantially fillthc cabinet.

Another disadvantage met with in the cabinets of the prior art is that they have always been constructed in the form of a rectangular box so that the package of towels must he placed in the cabinet edgewise. This also interferes with the convenience of filling the cabinet as the bottom towels very often wrinkle in being moved into their final position in the cabinet.

In order to overcome the above objectionable features I propose to provide a cabinet having a cut-away front opening so that the towels may be first laid upon a portion of the bottom before they are moved into their final position. This, I have found, facilitates filling as. the operator can immediately release his hold upon the package of towels or the like and then slide them easily into their final position without fear of wrinkling. A fur ther feature of my cabinet isthat I provide a cover section having such dimensions that it will, when opened, restfreely upon the top of the cabinet so that the operator need not concern himself with holding the cover while filling the cabinet.

A further feature of my invention is that the cover, when down, will complete the 010- sure about the towels and hang in its normal closed position by reason of its own weight without requiring a look. This feature of my invention is obtained by mounting the cover upon a. hinged member which forms a continuation of the cabinet proper so that the center of gravity of the cover in both its open and closed positions will lie outside of the center of said hinge.

My invention also contemplates many other details of construct-ion some of which will be more specifically pointed out as the description proceeds.

In Figure 1 my improved cabinet is shown as comprising a member 10 which is bent to form the ends and top of a cabinet, the ends being flared out so as to provide a broad bottom and anarrow top. The lower ends of the end members are connected to a pair of corrugated members ll and 12. The member 11, in addition to its corrugation, extends upwardly and forms the back of the cabinet and the member 12 is formed with an inverted channel portion which forms the jamb against which the covcris adapted to rest (iii enclosure. The hinge connection between the and be locked when in its closed position. Along the front edge of the narrow top portion there is hinged a skirt or extension member 13. This skirt portion 13 carries a cover memberla and is of such proportions that it will, when the cover 14 is down; form in coin bination with the member a rectangular member. 10 and the skirt 13'is preferably-of the pianohinge type and is designated in the drawings by the numeral 15.

The-cover 1a is shown in this view as:pro-' vided w1th asuitable lock 16.

By referring to FigureQ of the ClPELWlHglbwill be seen that the ends of the skirt portion 13 extend down over the'ends of the member 10 so that a neat appearance results as-it entirely conceals the diagonalfront edgeof the member 10. I V y 3 In connectionwith Figure 3, it will be seen that-the members'l'l and'12are provided at their adjacent edges with a suitable beading so that the towels or the like will slide freely therebetwee'n as is customary in dispensers of this type. In this figure ofth'e drawing it will also be seen that the upturned edge of themen'iber12 is provided with a slot 17 into wliich the belt of the lock16 mayproject when the lock is operated. At this-point it might be stated that the cover 14, because of its particular arrangement upon the hinge 15, will remain in its full closed position due to its weight and,,as a result,'the lock '16 may be omitted if desired;

Themanner of assembling the members 11 and 12 to the ends of the member 10'is illustrated in detail in 'Figures l and-5.; From these figures of the drawingit will be seen that themember 12 is provided with projecting tol' gues 18' upon'which the members 11 and 12 are spot-welded. 'Notches are cut in the adjacentedges of the tongues 18 so that the beading will lie therein and produce a smooth opening through the bottom or the cabinet.

From the'above it will be seen that I have produced a newand novel dispensing cabinet which has many desirable characteristics not heretofore possessed by cabinets of this type and while I have shown by way of illustratio'n a preferred embodiment ofmy invention I desire to have it understood that many modifications thereof may be made without departing from the spirit andscope of the appended claims. j

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-:

I 1. A dispenser for paper towels and the like com rising. a cabinet section adapted to be secured to a wall, said cabinet section being cutaway at an; an'gle'to form abroad bottom and 'a narrow top, a skirt portion hinged at the edge of said narrow top having a cover secured thereto andadapted to form with said'narrow top and broad bottom a rectangular closure when said cover is down and hold said cover free of the wall upon the top of said cabinet whenopen and a flange bent upwardly and outwardly from the edge of the bottom to protect "the edges of the lowermost towels in the cabinet.

2. A dispenser for paper towels and the like comprising a cabinetsection adapted to be secured to a wall, said cabinet section being cut away at an angle to formI a broad bottomand anarrow top, a skirt portion hinged lUU 

